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ACQUISITION DEPUTY

STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP)

Washington Navy Yard, DCFull-time$144–197K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$144–197K/yr
Location
Washington Navy Yard, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Acquisition Deputy will serve as deputy to the Principal Assistant Program Manager for Acquisition in the Conventional Prompt Strike Program Management Office. The role coordinates acquisition, contracting, budgeting, engineering, and program-management activities; supports acquisition strategies and contracting oversight; and prepares and assesses budget and financial-management products. It also analyzes program execution and milestones and provides leadership with decision-quality information.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Acquisition ManagementCost AnalysisSchedule AnalysisTechnical Data AnalysisContract AnalysisFinancial Data AnalysisAcquisition CoordinationContracting CoordinationBudget Execution

Qualifications

One Year Specialized Experience

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

  • You will serve as the Deputy Principal Assistant Program Manager for Acquisition for the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Program Management Office, providing principal-deputy support to the Principal Assistant Program Manager for Acquisition.
  • You will integrate and coordinate acquisition, contract-management/Contracting Officer’s Rep., budgets, engineering, and program-management activities to identify and resolve cost, schedule, technical, contractual, and financial-execution issues.
  • You will support development, maintenance, and execution of CPS acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, acquisition-review documentation, and associated programmatic products to ensure alignment with program requirements and available resources.
  • You will support planning, coordination, and oversight of CPS contracting activities, including procurement requests, proposal-planning, source-selection documentation, contract modifications, contractor performance, funding, and schedules.
  • You will prepare, integrate, justify, execute, and assess CPS budget and financial-management products.
  • You will analyze commitments, obligations, expenditures, execution plans, and program milestones; and recommend actions to address identified financial risks.
  • You will coordinate acquisition, contract-management, and budget-execution efforts across CPS functional areas.
  • You will integrate program requirements, synchronize activities, resolve cross-functional issues, and provide leadership with timely, accurate, decision-quality information.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Utilizing Navy and Department of War acquisition-management principles, including Department of Defense 5000-series requirements; analyzing cost, schedule, technical, contract, and financial data; or coordinating acquisition, contracting, and budget-execution activities to support the planning, execution, and documentation of acquisition programs. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Program Management Series 0340 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies. Other Information

This announcement uses the Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) Business Management & Technical Management direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. This position is part of the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project. The NH-4 broadband level encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. Several vacancies may be filled. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,631 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–197K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$128–190K/yr194 salary ranges
  • US median$126–201K/yr7,670 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $171K, is 5% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($162K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 257 open Program Management jobs in Washington, D.C. and 10,631 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,157 postings).
Education
4,271 of the 10,631 open Program Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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